Humble

April 27, 2008 tiffsiff

So i was driving to work yesterday, and of course i was early cause i always leave my house early for everything, im just that cool..lol but anyways i was driving the back roads when i saw a man, he had sweats on and a sweatshirt and a beanie, he looked very sad, and i could tell right away something was physically wrong with him, as i passed him he stuck out his thumb. As soon as i passed i knew i had to turn aroudn. I turned around and pulled up beside the man, and asked if he needed a ride. He said “yea im headed to white river road” and i said “well i dont know were that is but i can take ya a lil of the ways” he said “well its not to far from here” and i my heart was hurting for this man, so i said “ok ill take you the whole way” so he got in and told me how he had had 7 seven strokes and that his left side of his body was just about gone. This reminded me deeply of my dad. He talked about how horrible strokes were and how he used to be able to walk but now he finds himself falling alot. Im glad i had big sunglasses on becasue i was tearing up. He thanked be about 20 times and how he felt like such a bum having to get rides. I told him it was alright that i didnt mind the least. He said that he was deeply thankful for giving him a ride. When i dropped him off i told him to take care of himself, and he said “ill do my best” he waved goodbye and i drove away crying my eyes out.

This lead me to wonder why this man’s family wasnt helping him, and why he wasnt somewere were he could be taken care of. It makes me very sad that there are people that can barly walk living on the streets. Why is it that our government has sooo much money to blow on the war, when there are people who need homes. Why are there empty houses that no one can afford, when there are so many homeless people.

I never asked the mans name or why he needed a ride, i never asked about his family, or his situation but this one man changed my view on life. And that man will forever be named “humble” in my eyes.

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